The program of the International Scientific Conference "Genocide against Bosniaks, Srebrenica 1995-2020: Causes, Extent and Consequences" was presented in Sarajevo today. The organizers are the University of Sarajevo and Tuzla, and the scientists are united in the view that it will never happen again and that the denial of genocide must be prohibited by law.
The director of the Institute for Research of Crimes against Humanity at the University of Sarajevo (UNSA), Rasim Muratovic, said that this conference, as he stated, was a contribution to the scientific truth about what was happening in Srebrenica in July 1995. He indicated what would be discussed at the conference.
"There will be four panels with different topics - historical, psychological and sociological to medical and biological. Complete scientific thought will give its answers to everything that has been known so far," said Muratovic and announced that a collection would be published after the conference. papers on this topic.
As he said, scientists who live in this city or are originally from this city will talk about how people live in Srebrenica today.
The scientific committee that prepared the conference included Professor Mirko Pejanović, who believes that the genocide in Srebrenica, as he said, is a planetary issue.
"Humanity has a responsibility to something that is solidarity, to prevent and eliminate the consequences of that genocide so that the people who returned there can organize and live, so that those who want to return, and there are many of them, and so that Srebrenica has demographic revival,” he added.
He believes that if Srebrenica cannot get a new, special political, administrative status, then, as he said, it should get development status. In addition to economic development, he called for human rights to be respected in this city.
"Srebrenica should not be a one-year place of departure and commemoration, but a city that has a special social and development status in this country. That status should be ensured with the support of the European Union and it is necessary to prevent the denial and denial of genocide," Pejanovic concluded.
UNSA Rector Rifat Skrijelj pointed out that the message of the conference would be not to repeat the genocide. He called on domestic politicians and institutions, primarily parliaments, to condemn the genocide.
"Bosnia and Herzegovina should not have any individual who denies genocide. That is the first thing that justice and the law would be respected," he said.
Professor Amir Kulaglić, a survivor of the Srebrenica genocide and Minister of Veterans Affairs of Tuzla Canton, expects the domestic and foreign public to revitalize life in this city. He believes that the state authorities should be addressed for that purpose in the first place.
The conference will be attended by more than 70 people from several countries around the world, including the United States.
Source: Klix.ba.